| The first sign referencing Chicago appears along I-280 east of the Sgt. John F. Baker, Jr. Bridge. IL 92 meets I-280 at a cloverleaf interchange (Exits 11 A/B) in three quarters of a mile. 05/28/18 |
| Thee Illinois welcome sign stands along the causeway taking Interstate 280 across Big Island. 05/28/18 |
| IL 92 angles northeast along the Centennial Expressway to U.S. 67 at the Centennial Bridge along the Rock Island Riverfront. IL 92 continues east along 1st Avenue to the 24th Street Bridge linking with the Rock Island Arsenal.
Exit 11 B points of interest also include the Quad City Botanical Center and the QCCA Expo Center. 05/28/18 |
| IL 92 doubles as an Illinois Great River Road east throughout Rock Island and Moline and southwest to Andalusia and Illinois City. IL 92 is also part of a multi state highway that begins as Wyoming Highway 92 near Torrington and ends west of Mendota, Illinois at U.S. 34. 05/28/18 |
| IL 92 leads 6.4 miles southwest from Exit 11 A to Andalusia. Opened on December 1, 2008, Bally's Quad Cities Casino lies just south of I-280 along IL 92. 05/28/18 |
| IL 92 (Centennial Expressway) heads 1.45 miles south to 78th Avenue and Rock Island - Milan Parkway. Also known as the Milan Beltway, the parkway encircles the village of Milan east from Rock Island to Moline. 05/28/18 |
| The Centennial Expressway carried the designation of IL 199 from 1969 to 1980.2 IL 92 combined with U.S. 6/150 southward from Downtown Moline along 19th and 27th Streets to 1st Avenue / Airport Road into Milan. Joining U.S. 67 briefly, IL 92 turned westward again along 78th Avenue through southwest Rock Island. When IL 199 was replaced with IL 92 in 1980, the previous alignment was removed from the state system.1 04/08/13 |
| Interstate 280 passes by Bally' Quad Cities Casino and Wicks Lake along the ensuing stretch on Big Island. 04/08/13 |
| Interstate 280 enters the village of Milan ahead of the succeeding exit for Airport Road. Chicago is 177 miles to the east via I-80 east to I-55 north, or I-80 west to I-88 east. 04/08/13 |
| Becoming Airport Road, 1st Avenue E stems east from the intersection joining U.S. 67 with 1st Street W and 1st Avenue W in Milan to the diamond interchange at Exit 15. Airport Road extends 2.60 miles east from I-280 to 27th Street by Quad City International Airport (MLI). 04/08/13 |
| I-280 curves northeast across Mill Creek a half mile from Exit 15 in Milan. 1st Avenue E and Airport Road represent a former alignment of IL 92. The state route followed this alignment from the late 1940s to 1980, when it was relocated onto the Centennial Expressway. 04/08/13 |
| There is no direct access to U.S. 67 (1st Street W) from Interstate 280. U.S. 67 travels from the Quad Cities southward to Monmouth. North from Milan, U.S. 67 crosses the Rock River into Rock Island ahead of IL 5 east to Black Hawk State Historic Site en route Downtown and the Centennial Bridge to Davenport. 04/08/13 |
| Rock Island-Milan Parkway spans I-280 east ahead of this confirming marked posted near Case Creek. Linking U.S. 67 with IL 5 at John Deere Road north of the Rock River, the Milan Beltway was completed in June 2008.2 04/08/13 |
| Interstate 280 runs between the Rock River and Airport Road east 1.9 miles to the exchange with I-74/U.S. 6 in Moline. 04/08/13 |
| A cloverleaf interchange joins I-280 east with I-74 west and U.S. 6 at Exits 15 A/B. I-74/U.S. 6 overlap north from Moline to Bettendorf and Davenport, Iowa. 04/08/13 |
| U.S. 6 runs 0.53 miles east from the nearby entrance to Quad City International Airport (MLI) to the west end of U.S. 150. U.S. 150 heads southeast to Coal Valley, Sunny Hill, and Orion. The route used to end in Downtown Rock Island. 04/08/13 |
| Quad City International Airport (MLI) spreads south of I-280 within unincorporated Rock Island County. U.S. 6 parallels I-74/280 east to Coal Valley and Colona. 04/08/13 |
| 27th Street (former U.S. 6/150) passes over Interstate 280 east at Exit 18 A to U.S. 6 east and MLI Airport. U.S. 6 parallels I-80 east from I-74/280 to Geneseo. 04/08/13 |
| Exit 18 B loops onto I-74/U.S. 6 east across the Rock River toward Downtown Moline. The two routes overlap 7.0 miles north to Spruce Hills Drive in Bettendorf. 06/20/15 |
| I-74/280 overlap 9.39 miles east from U.S. 6 to I-80/IL 110 (CKC) outside Colona. 06/20/15 |
| I-74/280 parallel the Rock River to an eastbound weigh station at Coal Valley. 06/20/15 |
| Waters from the Rock come into view just south of Poplar Grove and Greenwood Slough. 04/08/13 |
| I-74/280 enter Henry County 3.33 miles east of U.S. 6 in Moline. 06/20/15 |
| Running north of U.S. 6 and a bluff to the outskirts of Colona, I-74/280 east remain rural. IDOT traffic counts were 14,400 vehicles per day (vpd) on this stretch in 2011 and 21,300 vpd in 2017. 06/20/15 |
| Curving southward back across U.S. 6, I-74/280 proceed two miles to the cloverleaf interchange with I-80/IL 110 (Chicago Kansas City Expressway). The forthcoming ramps at I-80 are unnumbered, but the Illinois official highway map marks the exchange as Exit 14. 06/20/15 |
| Interstate 280 east defaults onto I-80 east toward Joliet and Chicago at the Big X interchange. Interstate 74 east turns southward alongside IL 110 (CKC) to Peoria. 06/20/15 |
| I-74 leads south 31.5 miles to the freeway along U.S. 34 at the city of Galesburg. 04/08/13 |
| I-74 and I-80 both makes TOTSO (turn off to stay on) movements at the Big X Interchange. 06/20/22 |
| End shields for I-280 precede the southbound ramp taking I-74 toward Galesburg. 06/20/15 |
| Interstate 74 east separates from I-280 along a single lane ramp. I-74 travels 81 miles to Peoria and 288 miles to Indianapolis, Indiana. 06/20/15 |
| I-80/IL 110 (CKC) travel 6.7 miles north to the west end of Interstate 88 in East Moline. 04/08/13, 06/20/15 |
| A loop ramp provides return access to the Quad Cities via I-80 west and IL 110 (CKC) north. 06/20/22 |
| I-80 west serves the city of Colona and the villages of Cleveland and Rapids City before entering Le Claire, Iowa. I-80 east continues from I-280 to the city of Geneseo. 06/20/22 |
Page Updated 06-05-2018.